Invasion History

Panama Invasion History:

Invasion history elsewhere in the world:

None

Description

None

Taxonomy

Taxonomic Tree

Kingdom:   Animalia
Phylum:   Mollusca
Class:   Gastropoda
Order:   Neotaenioglossa
Family:   Epitoniidae
Genus:   Alexania
Species:   floridana

Synonyms

Habea floridana (Robertson & Oyama, 1958)
Stenacme floridana (Pilsbry, 1945)

Potentially Misidentified Species

Ecology

General:

Associated with sea anemones (Robertson and Oyama 1958)

Food:

Sea anemones

Trophic Status:

Parasite

Paras

Habitats

General HabitatOyster ReefNone
General HabitatMarinas & DocksNone
General HabitatRockyNone
General HabitatMangrovesNone
Salinity RangePolyhaline18-30 PSU
Salinity RangeEuhaline30-40 PSU
Tidal RangeSubtidalNone
Tidal RangeLow IntertidalNone
Vertical HabitatEpibenthicNone

Tolerances and Life History Parameters

Maximum Length (mm)6Pilsbry 1945
Broad Temperature RangeNoneSubtropical-Tropical
Broad Salinity RangeNonePolyhaline-Euhaline

General Impacts

Regional Distribution Map

Bioregion Region Name Year Invasion Status Population Status
PAN_PAC Panama Pacific Coast 1974 Non-native Failed
PAN_CAR Panama Caribbean Coast Native Established

Occurrence Map

OCC_ID Author Year Date Locality Status Latitude Longitude

References

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 2002-2024a Malacology Collection Search. <missing URL>



Chiriboga, Angel; Ruiz, Diego; Banks, Stuart (2011) <missing title>, Charles Darwin Foundation, <missing place>. Pp. 16

Cohen, Andrew N. (2006) Bridging divides: Maritime canals as invasion corridors., Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands. Pp. 127-206

Robertson, Robert; Oyama, Katura (1958) The family Stenacmidae, Nautilus 72: 68-69

Rosenberg, Gary 1995-2023 Malacolog 4.1. http://www.malacolog.org/



Rosewater, Joseph (1975) Some results of the National Museum of Natural History-Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute survey of Panma- 1971-1975, Bulletin of the American Malacological Union, Inc. 1975: 48-50

U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2002-2021 Invertebrate Zoology Collections Database. http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/iz/